Where: Arauco (off coast), Chile (38.4° S, 73.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° S, 69.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Ranquil Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• Overlying Formation: Tubul Formation. Underlying Formation: Lebu Group. Thickness: It is unclear what the thickness is.
Environment/lithology: submarine fan; fine-grained, medium, coarse, calcareous sandstone and fine-grained siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and A. Encinas. 2010. Neogene Decapod Crustacea from Southern Chile. Annals of Carnegie Museum 78(4):337-366 [J. Wolfe/A. Lynch/A. Lynch]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 228525: authorized by Joanna Wolfe, entered by Arthur Lynch on 11.12.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Pheophthalmus mochaensis Feldmann et al. 2010 swimming crab |